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What is the most common Aha moment people have in a scrum course?

What is the most common Aha moment people have in a scrum course? It depends on the scrum course they are attending. The content presented in the Applying Professional Scrum (APS) course leads to very different epiphanies when compared to the content presented on an Advanced Professional Scrum Master (PSM II) course. Empiricism Regardless of […]

April 2023 NKDAgility: Applying Professional Scrum

Learning about scrum is important, but growing your capability to deploy and implement scrum effectively is way more important. All the theory in the world doesn’t help if your team are grappling with the action elements. Actively doing the work, creating the product implement, integrating customer feedback and data into decision-making for the next product […]

What would you advise a scrum team to do in their first 4 weeks?

What would you advise a scrum team to do in their first 4 weeks? That’s an interesting question because it depends on the intention of the team. In my opinion, if their intention is to try scrum, then that is what they should focus on in the first 4 weeks. Get scrum right. Get it […]

What is the hardest part of working with a brand-new scrum team?

What is the hardest part of working with a brand-new scrum team? It’s an interesting question and I’m going to view this through the lens of being an agile coach contracted to work with a new scrum team, as well as from the perspective of a scrum master who joins an existing scrum team for […]

What does a poor scrum team look, act and feel like?

Sure, there are poor practices that impact scrum teams, but I tend to focus on the outcomes to determine whether a scrum team is failing or progressing. Dysfunctional team behaviour Autocracy An example of a poor outcome would be a scrum team that has a lead developer who insists on imposing their will on others, […]

How does the APS course help people apply scrum effectively?

How does the APS course help people apply scrum effectively? The APS (Applying Professional Scrum) course helps people apply scrum effectively in a number of ways. A practical encounter with Scrum. The APS course is incredibly practical and hands-on by design. So, during the course, people develop a deep understanding of what scrum is, how […]

Scrum-Overview

What is Scrum? Scrum is a lightweight framework that helps people, teams, and organizations generate value through adaptive solutions for complex problems. The Scrum Framework is made up of five values, three Accountabilities, three artefacts, and five events. In this video, I’ll go through an overview of each one, explaining what they are for and […]

Overview of The Scrum Framework with Martin Hinshelwood

Scrum is a lightweight framework that helps people, teams, and organizations generate value through adaptive solutions for complex problems. The Scrum Framework is made up of five values, three Accountabilities, three artefacts, and five events. In this video, I’ll go through an overview of each one, explaining what they are for and why they are […]

Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills (PSFS) with Certification

is an interactive course designed to help teams and individuals develop proficiency in facilitation skills, so that they can help teams better solve problems, build consensus and foster transparency. Great Scrum Teams are self-managing, cross-functional and have the ability and skills necessary to drive to successful outcomes. However, team interactions don’t always go as expected […]